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(6) Nothing in this subsection shall restrict the authority of the district court to transfer or dismiss an action on the ground of inconvenient forum

Carijano v. Occidental Petroleum, a case where the Ninth Circle panel reversed a federal district judge’s decision to dismiss a suit against Occidental Petroleum under the doctrine of forum non conveniens. The court held that the suit should have been brought in Peru, rather than in California. This decision could expose U.S. and foreign companies to a flood of new lawsuits in the Ninth Circuit and these will be much more difficult to transfer to foreign courts. Under the doctrine of forum non conveniens, Supreme Court precedent supports the transfer of such cases to the country that has a closer connection to the claims

This Circuit’s precedent requires a party to make a “powerful showing” that
includes specific and “sordid” evidence when arguing that a foreign nation’s
judicial system is corrupt.